{"id":15381,"date":"2025-02-07T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/nearly-70-of-canadians-think-less-of-u-s-due-to-trump-tariffs-ipsos-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T09:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T09:09:21","slug":"nearly-70-of-canadians-think-less-of-u-s-due-to-trump-tariffs-ipsos-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/nearly-70-of-canadians-think-less-of-u-s-due-to-trump-tariffs-ipsos-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 70% of Canadians think less of U.S. due to Trump tariffs: Ipsos – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> tariff threats and talk about making Canada the 51st state have made Canadians angry \u2014 very angry.<\/p>\n

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A new poll by Ipsos<\/a> for Global News found a whopping 68 per cent of Canadians surveyed think less of the United States as a country, after Trump threatened Canada\u2019s economy with 25 per cent tariffs<\/a> that were meant to go into effect this week, before being paused.<\/p>\n

Nearly half of all respondents, 46 per cent, said they strongly held that negative perception.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat surprised me is the intensity of the responses,\u201d said Sean Simpson, senior vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

The high number of people voicing strong opinions, he said, means \u201cthis isn\u2019t some idea they have that they may or may not act on. This is something that they intend to follow through on. The feelings are visceral.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to the poll, two-thirds of Canadians say they will be avoiding purchasing U.S.-made goods moving forward, as a \u201cBuy Canadian\u201d movement grows<\/a> in response to Trump\u2019s economic threats.<\/p>\n

A similar number said they would also avoid travel to the U.S.,<\/a> with 45 per cent saying they felt strongly about their decision.<\/p>\n

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Simpson said the anger toward the U.S. was strongest among respondents aged 55 and over who have a deeper historical understanding of the bilateral relationship, after watching past U.S. presidents work well with Canada.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll of those conventions are laying in shambles at the feet of Donald Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so older Canadians are saying, \u2018My gosh, what is going on here?’\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed out that older Canadians are also more likely to be snowbirds that live in the U.S. part-time, making their decision to cancel travel south of the border notable.<\/p>\n

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The poll also spoke to the economic insecurity Trump\u2019s threats have created among Canadians. Nearly 60 per cent of those surveyed said their own personal financial situation would suffer due to Trump\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n

Sixty per cent said they want the federal government to create a \u201cmajor\u201d subsidy program, similar to the ones launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, to support workers affected by U.S. tariffs and retaliatory actions from Canada.<\/p>\n

Federal officials announced a process for impacted businesses<\/a> to request \u201cexceptional relief\u201d before Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached a deal on Monday that paused the tariffs for 30 days.<\/a> That pause means the relief program, as well as retaliatory tariffs, were also put on hold.<\/p>\n

While attitudes toward the U.S. were more clear, Canadians appear split on whether political leaders at home will be able to \u201cmanage\u201d Trump. Just under half responded positively, while 38 per cent said they somewhat or strongly disagree.<\/p>\n

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That lack of resounding confidence reflects not just on Trudeau but also the Liberal leadership candidates vying to replace him \u2014 as well as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, whose party still leads in election opinion polls, but by a narrowing margin.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the moment, it seems that the ballot question is moving to who\u2019s best able to deal with Canadian-American relations,\u201d Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, told Global News.<\/p>\n

Simpson noted that support for political leaders is higher in Ontario, where provincial Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is running for re-election as premier. Ford has said his snap election call was to secure a stronger mandate to protect the province from Trump\u2019s tariff threats.<\/p>\n

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